sanskritize
/ˈsænskɹɪtaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To render a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc., in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.
American usage; Transitive verb
verb
To emulate rituals and practices of upper classes so as to gain upward social mobility.
American usage; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- ""In India, gao, gauri, govinda, have relation to Kine." The 1st and 3rd have, but the other (meaning white, fair), none whatever, though the only one to his [Edward Moor's] purpose (and that but in sound), which is to Sanskritize Cuarius, a local epithet of Neptune as worshipped at Cierium in Thessaly!"
- "One feels further inclined to derive the Sanskrit amśa, a portion, from the aforesaid pañchu, añju, as a Sanskritising of a popular word."
- "Taking the old form of the name, ‘Bâdâvi’, which we meet with as far back as Śaka 622 (a.d. 700–1), the interchange of letters,—‘vá’ with ‘bá’; ‘tá’ with ‘dá’; and ‘pi’ with ‘vi’,—is natural enough, whether we take ‘Bâdâvi’ as a Prâkṛit corruption of the Sanskṛit ‘Vâtâpi’, or whether we take ‘Vâtâpi’ as a name already known in Sanskṛit literature and therefore used as the nearest approach towards Sanskṛitizing a Dravidian name."
- "The New Testament was translated in 1818 into this Dialect in the Nágari Character, and much Sanskritised."
- "Both imaginary words are no doubt the result of an unhappy attempt to Sanskritise a Prâkrit nippalâva by scribes unacquainted with the Sanskrit palâva (Pâli palâpa)."
- "Sometimes Prakrit words were wrongly Sanskritised. Reference may be made in this connection to utkṛṣṭi derived from Prakrit ukkuṭṭhi (Sanskrit utkrośa) meaning 'wailing'. Similar is the case with ḍheṅku-kaḍḍhaka and nīla-ḍumphaka which appear to have been imperfectly Sanskritised."
Etymology
From Sanskrit + -ize.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsænskɹɪtaɪz/
- British English: /ˈsɑːnskɹɪtaɪz/
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb